Trinity Hymnal #318
First Line: Lo! he comes with clouds descending
Alterer: Martin Madan
Author (st. 3-4): John Cennick
Author (stanzas 1-2, 5): Charles Wesley
Tune Title: HOLYWOOD
Composer: John Francis Wade
1 Lo! he comes, with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
God appears on earth to reign.
2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced, and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.
3 Ev'ry island, sea, and mountain,
Heav'n and earth, shall flee away;
All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim the day;
Come to judgment! Come to judgment!
Come to judgment, come away!
4 Now Redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear!
All his saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
See the day of God appear!
5 Yea, Amen! let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne;
Saviour, take the pow'r and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own:
O come quickly, O come quickly:
Alleluia! come, Lord, come.
| Text information | |
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| First Line: | Lo! he comes with clouds descending |
| Title: | Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending |
| Author (stanzas 1-2, 5): | Charles Wesley (1758) |
| Author (st. 3-4): | John Cennick (1752) |
| Alterer: | Martin Madan (1760) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7. |
| Scripture: | Revelation 1:7 |
| Topic: | Christ | Kingly Office of; Christians | Triumph of; Resurrection of Believers; Resurrection of All; Jesus Christ | His Second Coming and Judgment |
| Language: | English |
| Tune information | |
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| Tune name: | HOLYWOOD |
| Composer: | John Francis Wade (1751) |
| Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.7. |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Cantus Diversi, 1751 |